Catherine Parr is now best remembered for being the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII ... of the King’s eldest daughter, the Princess Mary. It was there, in the chambers of a Tudor ...

She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose marriage had united Spain. At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King Henry ... Charles V. With Anne Boleyn already ...

Unfortunately it was to be a short reign as Henry died in a jousting accident in 1559, thrusting Catherine onto the political stage. Their eldest son Francis was proclaimed king, but died after ...